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Agrostis capillaris Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Agrostis capillaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 62. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pratis." RCN: 540.

Lectotype (Widén, Fl. Fennica 5: 65, f. 27. 1971): Herb. A. van Royen No. 912.356-69, left specimen (L).

Current name: Agrostis capillaris L. (Poaceae).

Note: Problems with the identity of some of the material associated with this name led some authors (e.g. Malte in Ann. Rep. Natl. Mus. Canada 50: 116. 1928; Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 88: 318. 1977) to treat it as ambiguous. However, Widén’s typification has established the usage of the name and seems to have been accepted by later authors. See detailed reviews by Widén (l.c.: 68-71) and Edgar & Forde (in New Zealand J. Bot. 29: 154. 1991).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 270, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
L
Material sample ID
912.356-69
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis
Species
capillaris
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Agrostis capillaris Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007